few macro shots

[DrayB]

Hi all.
just a few snaps I've taken recently. the tang and fatheads are from my tank...the others are from my lfs's display tank.

hope you like :)

 

[hatfielj]

Nice! I like the fish shots. How did u achieve a perfect black background like that?

 

[DrayB]

thanks :)

a few things that create that effect...one is that the back of my reefer is black, then the narrow DOF helps, but it has been further darkened by using a brush tool and dropping the exposure to 0 around the subject.
you can see with the yellow tang around the top of the dorsal where i have missed a bit. but as you can see it quite dark anyway.

 

[Tegridy Reef]

What macro lens u using trying to decide which one I'm adding next

 

[DrayB]

sigma 105 on a nikon d7100

 

[hatfielj]

Very cool. Thx for the tips;) I've not yet experimented with fish portraits like that.
I'm guessing u set up a tripod in one spot and wait for the fish to come by? Or are u able to do it handheld?

 

[DrayB]

all hand held with no flash...
i adopt a crouching tiger hidden dragon stance so that i can span most of the tank 4ft and i move around with the fish. a shaolin monk would be impressed with my stance and movement lol.
I'm happy if i get 4 good shots out of 20...but thats the way it goes :)

 

[Tahoe61]

Very nice.

 

[ERIC1975]

VERY NICE PICS:) WHAT ARE YOUR CAMERA SETTINGS FOR THESE SHOTS?

 

[DrayB]

a couple more :)

 

[Tegridy Reef]

Man those are sweet I can't get that close with my lens idk how u do that

 

[DrayB]

my cleaner wrasse

 

[knukles55]

Man those are sweet I can't get that close with my lens idk how u do that

+1 how do you get that close to your glass lol. I have a 50 mm 1.8 I would love to try to get to do this with

 

[DrayB]

i use a 105 prime macro and a 17-50 only the wrasse is with the 17-50 rest is 105

 

[knukles55]

i just looked at your pictures on a desktop there insanely sharp very well focused good job on your skills

 

[TUSI]

Very nice

 

[Salty1962]

Awesome pictures. What are the settings your using to get these?

 

[spspirate]

Stunning!!!!!

 

[Kajung2k]

Nice pics.. To answer a few q's. Every lens has a minimum focus distance. Some macro lens allow a minimum focus distance of 6". This allows you to get up and close to your subject. And the higher the focal length (50mm, 100mm or 105mm etc) the closer you can zoom into your subject.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

WOW! Awesome photos!!